Following further violence in Belfast a new influx of people arrive at the Gormanston Camp in Meath.
People fleeing from violence in Belfast travel to the border by train, bus and car. Civil Defence and Red Cross ambulances bring many of them to the Gormanston Camp in County Meath.
Of the 800 refugees that have passed through the camp 80 have been here a second time. Of the 96 who arrived last night 18 are here for a second time.
On 8 September 1969, a Protestant man, Jack Todd, was killed in a shooting during street disturbances in Oldpark, Belfast.
A returning refugee previously stayed at Gormanston because he and his wife and children were living in fear. When they returned to their home in Oldpark, things appeared to have returned to normal. Following the shooting of Jack Todd, the family left the area again because,
The tenseness of the situation, it was terrific.
On 15 August 1969, Ann McLarnon's husband, Samuel, was killed at home by Royal Ulster Constabulary gunfire during street disturbances in Ardoyne, Belfast. The pregnant mother of two did not leave Belfast at the time because,
It holds too many memories and all, I wouldn’t want to leave it.
Ann McLarnon was living with her sister in Oldpark when Jack Todd was killed,
Not far down the road from where we were staying, so we had to get out.
There are about five streets of Catholic families in Oldpark. Threats were not made expressly to Ann McLarnon, but she was frightened. On this occasion, she knew she had to leave Belfast for the sake of her children.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 09 September 1969. The reporter is Tom McCaughren.
